Illustration Guy Blog

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.
  • Beary Christmas

    Here’s a little Christmas greeting created for the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society featuring their mascot, Cornelius the bear. It is rumored that ‘ol Corny had saved the lives of several cartoonists back in the day. Since his own passing, Cornelius looks after cartoonists everywhere. Merry Christmas!  

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  • Night Before Christmas

    “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse:”*     Well, MAYBE a mouse…     *from A Visit from St. Nicholas written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823    

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  • O Christmas Tree

    O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree…     A little inked drawing from my sketchbook with some Photoshop blandishments.

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  • Merry Christmoose

    Was doodling the other day, and this Christmas moose came forth. I wonder if eight of these were ever an option for Santa?  

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  • Reindeer “Presents”

    Nobody ever talks about the unpleasant reality of working with reindeer. That being said, run Rudolph, RUN!

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  • His Grinchiness

    Dr. Seuss first unleashed his wonderful Christmas creation upon the world in 1957 in the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Nine years later, the great Warner Bros. director, Chuck Jones, adapted the story in animated form for television that itself has become a classic enjoyed annually by children and adults alike to this day. It…

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  • Even MORE Wreck-It Ralph

    Two weeks ago I shared with you a few drawings I did for a Wreck-It Ralph children’s book published six years ago when the first movie came out. Care to see a few more? After I posted the previous drawings, an artist friend asked me if I hand-inked these or if I used a vector…

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  • Wreck-It Ralph

    It’s hard to believe, but the first Wreck-It Ralph movie came out six years ago, and now today the sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet comes out. I had a chance to see it two weeks ago at the Walt Disney Studio, and I have to say that it was really a terrific sequel. So, in…

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